WATCH: This city is the 1st in metro Denver to raise the age to buy tobacco
Four other Colorado cities have raised the age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 — and now a tiny metro-Denver community has done it.
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This is how much Colorado will receive from massive Meta child safety settlement
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 38 minutes ago
As part of a sweeping multistate agreement, Meta Platforms, Inc. — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has agreed to pay more than $17 billion and adopt extensive child-safety reforms. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Wednesday called the deal...
‘Understand people for who they are’: 2 federal judges talk about compassion in courtroom
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Before taking the bench in 2022, U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney was an employment discrimination attorney. While the cases could be emotionally charged, they were different from the criminal proceedings she is now handling. “It wasn’t necessarily affecting...
Rural hospitals don’t want special treatment, just a chance to care for locals | PODIUM
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
By Kevin Stansbury As chief executive of Lincoln Health, my responsibility is simple: ensure the people of eastern Colorado have access to high-quality healthcare close to home when they need it most. That mission has never been easy. Rural hospitals...
Trump lowers flags to half-staff for Dolly Parton: ‘The World loves you’
Naomi Lim
naomi-lim@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
President Donald Trump is honoring the life of country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton by ordering federal buildings across the country to lower flags to half-staff for a week. “Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the...
Ted Cruz suggests GOP realignment coming after Trump leaves office
Emily Hallas
emily-hallas@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday suggested the Republican Party could embrace a directional shift after President Donald Trump leaves office, a transition that promises to leave a gaping hole in the GOP. Cruz is known as a critical ally...
2 Colorado State troopers shot near Woodland Park; suspect killed
DEBBIE KELLEY
debbie-kelley@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
Two Colorado State Patrol troopers were hospitalized, and a suspect is dead after a shooting during a traffic stop Tuesday. The initial incident happened at about 7:15 a.m., when a resident reported suspicious activity in the area near milepost 286...
Aurora moves forward with data center regulations
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 21 hours ago
The Aurora City Council approved moving forward with two new regulations on data centers and directed staff to come back at the next study session with others. At a council meeting in early August, council members directed city management to...
Aurora City Council considers stricter food truck regulations
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 21 hours ago
The Aurora City Council is considering passing laws to limit the number of food trucks on properties in the city and how and when they operate. Councilmember Angela Lawson, who sponsored the ordinance, said she understands the importance of food...
Denver murder conviction reversed for incomplete self-defense instruction
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s murder conviction last week because a Denver judge gave an incomplete instruction to the jury about the man’s right to self-defense. Donald R. Gonzales and Gary McLaughlin met up in a Capitol Hill parking...
Colorado lawmaker, House leaders named in workplace-retaliation lawsuit
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
A former legislative aide has filed a lawsuit alleging she was mistreated, illegally directed to perform campaign work and harmed by a House leadership structure she charged was fragmented, politicized and ineffective at protecting employees. The lawsuit, filed by Jennifer...